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It doesn’t matter if you’re interested in clothing, shoes, or business you’ll find waves come and go. Clothing styles change, the need for shoes depending on the task, or the latest and greatest way to market your business; things change with the blink of an eye.

Just today alone on Facebook I’ve seen sponsored ads come up for ways to market your business. These include seminars to take or emails you’ll receive that contain information on how to market your business. Different people teach methods that ultimately end of being for the same task, but if they word it differently you won’t know that until you get in and see what they talk about.

This is exactly what they want. They want to stand out so they seem different and new to the average person scrolling through their news feed on Facebook or looking through their email. If you were to click on multiples to see how they can help you increase traffic to your site and grow your business, then each one of them has succeed. You need this too!

More than likely, you aren’t the only one in the world that offers the products or services you offer, so it’s important to do everything you can to show others you’re the one they should go with for their needs. This is where the business wave comes into play.

If you think about a wave in the ocean, most of them are long and are visible for a long period of time before the die out and fade away. This is how you want your business marketing wave to look like as well. You want to be a higher wave then the others and you want your information to be visible for a long period of time. That’s why it’s important to create a way for those that click through to maintain the information you provide to them.

That’s one reason why marketing taking time. While it’s easy to make Twitter posts or Facebook posts or ads, it’s not that easy when you’re trying to keep that wave going. You should write ebooks, special reports, create emails, and come up with seminars people can attend. This will give you the advantage over others because the information will be at their fingertips any time they need it and you’ll continually be in front of them. They’ll never forget what you offer and will always feel like you can help them get the job done.

Take the time you need to come up with a marketing plan that will draw in your market and keep them there forever. Create things that will help keep your business wave high and long so they know you’re there for the long hall and won’t be going anywhere in the near future. Show them you’re the business wave they want to ride.

If you are with one of the Direct Sales companies and trying to build a portion of your business online, it is very important to get involved with popular online social media networking sites like Twitter.com. When new business professionals start marketing their businesses on Twitter, they often make a big marketing mistake by tweeting out massive amounts of business spam messages instead of trying to network and get to know their followers.

When people join social media networking sites, they don’t want to be spammed 24/7 with business messages. They do want to learn more about the company or business they are following along with the products you are marketing…but…they also want to engage in meaningful conversation with that company’s consultant who is doing all of that Tweeting. In the case of Direct Sales…that means they want to engage in meaningful conversations with YOU.

When it comes to marketing your business on Twitter, here are a few important tips that you should know.

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“Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple, learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.” ~John Steinbeck

Looking for an idea for your next 10 (or more) articles? Find them hiding one of these 5 places:

1. Your Blog Reader

What blogs are you subscribed to and following? Check out the latest headlines and hot topics for inspiration.

Ask yourself these questions:

• Do you agree with the the post or have a different take?
• Is there an idea or concept within the post that you could write about?
• What else comes to mind as you read?

2. Books You’re Reading

Always be reading new things and you’ll always have new ideas to write about.

Some ideas:

• Share a short quote from a book and share your thoughts.
• Write a review of the book and share your biggest takeaways.

3. Blog Comments

Take a look through your recent blog comments to find:

• Questions readers have asked that you could answer in more detail.
• Topics that caught their interest and got them commenting.
• Replies you’ve posted that you could expand into a complete post.

If you don’t have many comments on your own posts yet, use AllTop.com or Technorati.com to find popular blogs in your niche and see what their commenters are talking about.

4. Social Networking Sites

Visit some popular Facebook groups or fan pages, search for a #hashtag on Twitter or browse groups on LinkedIn and see what the hot topics and questions are that you’ve got information on or opinions about that you could share.

5. Question Sites

Search sites like quora.com or answers.yahoo.com for your topics or keywords and see what questions people are asking.

Michelle Shaeffer is a trainer and consultant, showing online business owners step by step to harness the power of technology and internet marketing to build successful businesses . She teaches her clients how to save hours and hours of frustration and shows them how to make their online presence work quickly to attract traffic, generate leads, and build authority. Get your free checklist to make your blog more awesome at http://michelleshaeffer.com/51

Being a full time work at home mom (regardless of what you think or believe), does have it’s thorny roses. It’s like anything else and also like an outside the home job. No matter what, there will be challenges in whatever you do.

The various social networks are always a great help. If you use the social platforms correctly, YOU too will establish your home business and also build your brand. It takes some hard work and determination to make it in the WAH niche.

When I say correctly, I mean be polite and courteous by putting aside all differences you have with others. Really, it takes a lot less energy than being negative with your social audiences. And it sure don’t help promote your business.

The Tips Below Include positive and social skills that lets you promote your website or affiliate links more effectively.

1. Use Social Networking – There are literally boundless opportunities to connect with the right people that will benefit you the most. Take time to get to know every one of your connections. It just makes good business sense!
2. Keep Up With Technology – Now for a lot of work at home moms, new technology is a foreign language. However, if you’re going to be working on the Internet, you definitely need to keep abreast with all things tech. For example; will a smart phone, lap top, or Ipad help you with your business? In most cases, all the above would be excellent assets with keeping in touch with your contacts and other work at home professionals.
3. Thinking About a Partnership – Now sometimes this is not even feasible due to close friends or family members being involved. However, it may be a perfect work solution and no foreseeable problems are waiting to strike. A partnership business all depends on the various parties involved and their attitudes. The determination to always work hard (for all parties), needs to be practiced. There also needs to be some sort of agreement signed by all parties on how business should be done and also know upfront what’s expected of you at all times. Take time out for some careful thought before getting your feet wet with a partnership business.
4. Stay Away From Bullies – Yes there are indeed a ton of bullies online just waiting to belittle you! What do these bullies want? Most times folks that bully gets a false sense of security. And they sure don’t think much of themselves if they do. It’s called getting their kicks; which is a twisted way of making themselves look good. Stay away from bullies and stick like glue to positive people that will respect you just as you respect them.
5. Seek out friendships and help buddies – For most people, having friends you can rely on and help give you feedback (when you need it) is a necessity. Online friends helps with the work at home isolation or (blues) is sometimes what it’s referred to. Also, it’s always a good motto to treat your online (and offline) friends and buddies the way YOU would like to be treated.

The best time to be social is NOW! Hopefully the 5 tips above helps someone along the way reading this article. Be sociable ! Be successful!

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The internet is a great thing when it comes to reaching out to people outside of your community, but it’s also important to remember what you say will reach the masses quickly and easily. It doesn’t matter how many people see what you say, word of mouth will carry it even further.

When you use Facebook or Twitter to promote your business, people see what you say. When you have customers or potential customers that follow you, they watch and read what you post and that can be a good thing or it can be detrimental to your business. Here are a few things to think about when you’re posting on the web.

1. Remember who follows you and don’t say anything you may regret later.

2. Think about the topics you discuss online because you may offend someone if you say the wrong thing.

3. Don’t talk politics unless your business is political.

4. Don’t tell your life history.

5. Don’t talk about your medical history online.

6. Don’t talk about your health.

It’s crucial when you market a business online to be careful what you say. Offending a customer may mean the end of your relationship with them and that could ruin your business. While we all know we have the freedom to speak about anything we want, if you choose to talk about the wrong thing it could hurt someone’s feelings or it could make them angry enough to stop working with you.

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Let’s face it, a viable, well-thought-out marketing plan needs to be circulating your work at home business throughout the holidays. For a lot of businesses like these, the holidays slow them down and also of course the income isn’t flowing as easy.

If this is you, do you give up easy and walk off with most of your pride swallowed? This should NOT be the case! Every business goes through slow times, whether it’s the holidays or any other time. And yours shouldn’t be an exception.

For your holiday marketing to be successful, you need to start thinking about ideas and networking techniques that will make YOU stand out from the rest way before December. The beginning of fall or September should be sufficient.

You should be writing articles, blog posts, sales pages, email messages and newsletters, as well as setting up promotions way ahead of time so they’ll be ready when the time comes so you can enjoy the holidays with your family. Christmas time is family time.

With all the social networking sites that are well established today online; the marketing techniques are essentially right in front of you. Think about it, there is no charge to join these social medias. However, there are learning curves to them.

For starters, you definitely need followers by the time the pre-holidays hit your virtual neighborhood. So to be a success; you need a couple of years of tweets (and followers) under your belt so you’ll have a niche audience to pitch your ideas and marketing leads to.

So, finally let’s get into the various social media marketing tips that will get you the results, traffic and sales you’ll need in order to make a nice sized income.

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The Wordless Wednesday post I shared yesterday was for the social networking site, YouTube. This site is a good way to listen to what other business owners have to say about their business and you have the ability to learn things from others. If you missed the picture, click here to view it.

YouTube is a site that’s used for a lot of different things. People use it to learn things, listen to music, and many other things. You can use it to introduce people to your business or you can use it to teacher others how to do something.

There are many things you can record and add to YouTube that will benefit your business, but the first thing you need to do when you decide to use YouTube is create an account. Having a profile is a great way to network with others and promote your business.

The first thing you need to do is record an introduction video for your site. Then you can record any type of video that would be beneficial to both you and your market. It’s important to add these videos to your website and share them on the other social networking sites we’ve discussed this last month.

If you haven’t set up a profile on YouTube and if you haven’t recorded your first message, you need to do it. You’ll see the benefits when you continue to record messages and market them on social networking sites. Click here to join today.

The Wordless Wednesday post I shared yesterday was for the social networking site, Facebook. This site is a good way to catch up with others, but it’s also a good way to grow your business. Read on for more information on this great social networking site and how it can help you to grow your business. If you missed the picture, click here to view it.

Reaching the masses can be a difficult thing to do, but when you do you’ll find you’ll have the ability to grow your business. There are numerous ways to reach the masses, but one of the best ways to do that is to use Facebook.

Facebook is a good way to reconnect with old friends, but it’s also a good way to grow your business. You can do this through posting your articles to your profile page or posting your blog posts to your profile page or fan page. You can also place ads on those pages and have the ability to grow your business.

If you aren’t using Facebook to grow your business, you need to consider giving it a try. You’ll find when you do you’ll increase the traffic to your site and you’ll begin to see growth in your business.

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The Wordless Wednesday post I shared yesterday was for the social networking site, Twitter. This site is a good way for people to share what they offer, communicate with others, and meet potential customers. Read on for more information on this great social networking site and how it can help you grow your business. If you missed the picture, click here to view it.

Growing a business online is not as easy as some people may think. It’s difficult to build trust when people can shake your hand and meet you face to face. Since those important things aren’t possible, you must build trust in other ways and one of the best and easiest ways to do that is through Twitter.

Twitter is a messenger type platform. It is much the same as Yahoo Messenger or Skype. What you type into the box and send is immediately visible by your followers. This is good because it gives you the ability to put messages out there that may be time sensitive.

When Twitter is used properly you’ll find it will be easier for you to grow your business. If you only make business related posts you are wasting your time and that’s not good. It’s important to build trust and that’s done when you communicate with your followers and you show them you’re not all about business, but you care about others as well.

When you use Twitter for both your business and personal needs you’ll find your business will grow and you’ll see success. When you do this people will see you’re a real person and really needs, wants, and desires. That’s the best way to grow.

If we’re not following each other, let’s do that now. My profile on Twitter is @WAHMArticles and you can share your profile link in the comments if you choose.

The Wordless Wednesday post I shared yesterday was for the social networking site, LinkedIn. This site is a way for people to share their resume’ online. Read on for more information on this great social networking site and how you can use it to grow your home business. If you missed the picture, click here to view it.

LinkedIn is a resume’ type site that was thought to be for professional people looking for jobs, but it’s now much more than that. It can be used by anyone and everyone. It doesn’t matter if you used to work a job and now own a home business, if you’ve never had a home business, or if you’ve never worked a job, but have always had a home business. You still have the ability to create a profile and include your information.

Growing your business is easier to do when you use LinkedIn to show off what you currently do and what you’ve done in the past. You’ll have the ability to list all of the tasks you can perform, you can have people recommend you, and you can link your blog to your profile so they have the ability to see what you’re doing.

If you’ve never used LinkedIn or set up a profile only to let it go because you weren’t looking for a job outside the home, you need to go and update it and then use it to your advantage. You can use it to grow your business and the best thing about it is it’s FREE to do.